The Choice of the School´s Foreign Language Profile: A Form of Horizontal Differentiation in the Educational System?
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7568 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13332
Abstract: The research project investigates the question why more and more students or their parents decide to learn an old foreign language, such as Ancient Greek or Latin, although more modern languages, such as English or Spanish, bring more immediate benefits. The aim of this research project is to separate two possible motives for learning an ancient language. According to the first motive (distinction), students (or their parents) choose an old language in order to follow the humanistic educational ideal of purpose-free education. According to the second motive (exclusion), the old language is onl ... more Content: Topics (parent questionnaire):
Respondent (mother or father); homework done at school; all day school attendance; homework assistance; taught in school: personal independence, order and discipline, knowledge for the profession, enjoyment of life, good manners, judgement, respect for fellow man , self-confidence , versatile knowledge; preferred age ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 15.01.2018 - 23.04.2018
Geographic coverage: Duesseldorf (DE-NW-DUS) | Baden-Württemberg (DE-BW) | Berlin (DE-BE) | Hesse (DE-HE) | Lower Saxony (DE-NI) | Bremen (DE-HB) | North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW) | Rhineland-Palatinate (DE-RP) | Schleswig-Holstein (DE-SH) | Saarland (DE-SL)
Universe: Parents of 8th grade students in high schools and 4th grade students in elementary schools.
Number of Units:
Kinderdatensatz (Gymnasium): 554
Elterndatensatz (Gymnasium): 1102
Kinderdatensatz (Primarstufe): 224
Elterndatensatz (Primarstufe): 420
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Purposive;
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper;
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables:
Kinderdatensatz (Gymnasium): 91
Elterndatensatz (Gymnasium): 180
Kinderdatensatz (Primarstufe): 77
Elterndatensatz (Primarstufe): 164
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Gerhards, Jürgen - Freie Universität Berlin | Kohler, Ulrich - Universität Potsdam | Sawert, Tim - Freie Universität Berlin
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13332
Study number: ZA7568
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2021-12-10, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13332
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Gerhards, Jürgen, Kohler, Ulrich and Sawert, Tim. "Educational Expansion, Social Class, and Choosing Latin as a Strategy of Distinction" Zeitschrift für Soziologie, vol. 50, no. 5, 2021, pp. 306-321. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2021-0021
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